I posted this clip last year on the season’s first day. I haven’t seen anything in the interim that does a better job of expressing why we love college football so much, why we’re willing to tolerate the petty BS, the money-grubbing and the egoism that occupies our attention much of the time, so you get the pleasure of watching it again.

Like a dear old trusted friend who only comes around for a few months of the year and then disappears again, it is finally back. After months of boredom and endless scandal talk, we finally get back to the positive, humorous, heartbreaking, and outrageously intense part of the game. There is just something different about football season. Outsiders will never understand.

I don’t think an outsider has ever explained our fascination with the idea of CFB as well as this. They didn’t show a single play from the game, but instead the band, the students, and all the pagentry that brings us back year after year. The only thing missing was showing a bunch of guys figuring out how to sneak in liquor.

There is simply nothing like a packed stadium in the 20 minutes before kickoff of a big time college football game in the South.

That’s pretty much true but I am guessing you never sat in an auditorium for the last hour before Elvis took the stage. The electricity just built minute by minute, and when the lights went out as he came out, it just exploded. Sorry, I am not meaning to take away from your intended point but as I read your reply it made me think about what might challenge that build-up. Doesn’t matter, yours is still alive and kicking. Not sure Sanford will have those intense moments this year with the home schedule we have been dealt but it will be true in some SEC stadiums in 2012. Our fans will be excited for sure, but probably not much nervous energy.

As you might imagine, I don’t have a lot of use for Auburn or Alabama. But I do recognize that their rivalry is right near the top of things which make our beloved sport great. God, I LOVE college football!

Quote Of The Day

“Being a student at Georgia and playing ball, I’ve definitely grown, widened my horizons and experienced things I never thought I would. I feel like I’ve grown on and off the field, and the university prepared me for that. I’ve done some awesome things and met some awesome people. I’ll definitely be back to finish my schoolwork, because that was a big priority for me and my family and weighed heavily on my decision. I know football won’t last forever. It’ll be great to come back and get that degree, so I can tell my kids about it one day.” — Roquan Smith, AJ-C, 3/7/18